Ward Hawkins

A savings-and-loan bank is robbed; later, a police wiretap identifies teller Leon Poole as inside man. In capturing him, detective Sam Wagner accidentally kills Poole's young wife, and at his trial Poole swears vengeance against Wagner. About three years later, Poole (until then a model prisoner) abruptly takes his chance to kill a guard and escape. It's clear during the ensuing manhunt that Poole is obsessed in pursuit of a single end; but not quite the end everyone supposes. (imdb)

An innocent man convicted of murder befriends a woman who defends his innocence. (TCM.com)

Sam, a Government agent, gets a job through his brother Jeff in the Seaboard Shipyards in order to track down a gang of Nazis who are plotting sabotage. Jill, an agent, poses as his wife, and 2 children complete his "cover family." Sam works hard and makes friends with most of the men in his crew. He gets a line on the saboteurs and their identities are revealed to him. The Nazis plan to blow up the yard while a carrier is docked there. (imdb)